This week’s Screenings the Galaxy Quest documentary the Jews 45^th year university wemake were very interesting and really showed the power of fans coming together. I at first didn’t understand why they connected at all they just seemed way to different and they had nothing to do with each other. But then it hit me, they both are about a group of fans that come together to make something that is a tribute to something that was a big influence in their life. Just one is a full-blown production and one is a little smaller of a production but both are made from fans.

  Other than Galaxy Quest being a great tribute to one of the best tv shoes ever made and with one of the biggest following, it was the start to movies as they are today. This is because it is one of the first comedy that was a mix between a movie with a serious story line but is casted with people that can make it funny but on the other hand a that can be taken seriously. This was achieved by a combination of real special effects that make you feel like you are watching the real thing unlike past comedies that make everything a job from the explosions to the way charters are dressed. But Galaxy Quest had another thing that made it even more special and that was that everyone in the movie and involved in making the movie are huge fans of the show Star Trek which the movie was based off of. This made it even easier for the movie to not make fun of Star Trek but be something that even the biggest fans won’t be offended by because it comes from a good place.

The 45^th anniversary of Jaws Wemake was awesome in many different ways and it really gave you a good idea of now important this movie was to so many people. This was definably a different approach to a tribute but it was way more special. I think the idea of having fans from around the world that all loved Jews as much as the next person. I still remember seeing that huge shark under the water as it eat the guy on that orange boat when he was trying to get back in his row boat. That picture of the shark just under the surface about the bit the guys legs still makes me uneasy when swimming in open water. Just goes to show how much a movie can have an effect on someone.

What do you think, would comedies be the same without Galaxy Quest?